Program Facilitator - The AMP4Life Book Club (future opportunities)
Part-time, contract (various locations across Canada)

The AMP4Life Book Club is a mental wellness program centred around music and storytelling.

Running either as two eight-week sessions or one sixteen-week program, the AMP4Life Book Club brings seniors together for one hour each week to read stories about music’s transformational impact on people and share their own music stories with others.  At the end of the program everyone is invited to submit their music story for publication in a facility-specific book that can then be used for fundraising purposes.

The goal of the AMP4Life Book Club is to use music and storytelling to open conversations about mental wellness and mental health. It also helps participants increase social interaction, improve mood, boost creativity, explore memories, alleviate stress, anxiety, and depression, and spark joy and happiness.  

Position Description

The Program Facilitator - The AMP4Life Book Club is responsible for delivery of the weekly one-hour AMP4Life Book Club program for an audience that is 55+. This includes:

  • Weekly pre-session lesson review

  • Leading activities on site (includes reading stories, posing discussion questions)

  • Encouraging participation and social interaction

  • Collection and reporting of data from participants on a weekly basis and at the end of each program


Experience:

  • A passion for music and mental health is required

  • Experience working with seniors preferred

  • Interest in or lived experience with mental health challenges

  • Reliable, organized, and punctual

  • Responsible and committed to the duration of the program

  • Outgoing and relatable to a senior audience; can easily engage people in conversation about difficult subjects

  • Able to create a warm and welcoming environment in which people are comfortable sharing personal experiences


This is a sixteen-week contract that may be broken down into two eight-week programs (depending on the facility’s needs) and comes with a $2400 stipend. Successful candidates can choose to receive two equal payments at the end of each eight-week session or four equal payments after weeks 4, 8, 12, and 16. 

Interested candidates should send their resume along with a cover letter to careers@theawesomemusicproject.com. Successful candidates will be required to attend a free two-hour online training session prior to employment.

AMP is committed to building a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to promoting a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful, and equitable workplace. We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black, and racialized individuals, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities, and expressions.
Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities in the recruitment and assessment process and when hired. Should accommodation be required to apply for a position at AMP or to participate in a scheduled interview, please reach out to careers@theawesomemusicproject.com.